Headline news on the Greater Bay Area’s cities and companies

Here’s a selection of Week in China’s stories from the GBA, which is fast emerging as one of the world’s leading economies. For a free subscription to WiC’s digital magazine, which keeps track of news from China in general, click here

Shenzhen’s economy officially overtakes Hong Kong

Mar 8, 2019 (WiC 443)

In 1984 paramount leader Deng Xiaoping visited the then nascent city of Shenzhen – the former fishing village designated a special economic zone. On his return to Beijing he coined the term “Shenzhen speed” telling his colleagues ...

GBA blueprint is unveiled and promises the world’s most dynamic zone

Feb 22, 2019 (WiC 441)

The rankings of the world’s top ‘bay area’ economies have long featured three main contenders. San Francisco’s claim to fame is its world-beating tech firms, clustered around Silicon Valley; while New York’s bay is at the centre of the ...

New bridge brings a million people to Macau in first two months

Feb 8, 2019 (WiC 440)

Resentment at the smoking ban in Macau’s casinos smoulders on, it seems. We first wrote about the restrictions four years ago (see WiC260) but they clearly still rankle: last month a police officer even had to fire a warning shot during a clash ...

A new high-speed railway line to mainland China has opened in Hong Kong

Sep 28, 2018 (WiC 426)

In the nineteenth century the railway industry was a symbol of Britain’s industrial might. For the Chinese it was another indicator of the nation’s humiliation and the limits of its sovereign power. The first commercial railroad in China ...

Beijing’s new Pearl River Delta plan announced

Mar 17, 2017 (WiC 358)

China has been working to connect itself to the world with infrastructure projects. No state firm has looked better positioned in this regard than China Communication Construction Corp (CCCC): the essence of Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s Belt and ...